{"product_id":"israel-rank-e-o-higgins-9781670852557","title":"Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal: Annotated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Like an antique revolver, Horniman's murderous comedy is precision tooled, elegant, and must be handled with care\" - Patrick Kincaid, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Continuity Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of Ealing Studio's sublime comedy classic \u003ci\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/i\u003e, D'Ascoyne Press are republishing the novel that originally inspired the film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsrael Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1907 darkly comic novel written by Roy Horniman, telling the tale of the eponymous anti-hero's campaign to cut back his family tree and inherit the aristocratic status of his hated relatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold from his condemned cell, the story charts - in surprisingly lurid detail - how Rank goes from the status of poor relation, to advancing in life by killing off the six relatives standing in the way of him succeeding to his family seat.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of Edwardian snobbery, upper-class ritual, and casual antisemitism, \u003ci\u003eIsrael Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e is darker than the film it went on to inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is also a fast-paced, engaging, and beautifully-rendered thriller - both disturbing and funny in equal measure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. O. Higgins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1670852555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781670852557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.86d","brand":"E. O. Higgins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941686640895,"sku":"9781670852557","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_61687615-2d1c-4a6a-b51c-fe610e5cf304.jpg?v=1681454377","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/israel-rank-e-o-higgins-9781670852557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}